ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2023
Palliative Care in Portugal-From Intention to Reality, What Is Yet to Be Accomplished.
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- Artificial Intelligence in Exercise Prescription in Palliative Care: Perceptions and Ethical Issues.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Practices of Portuguese Primary Health Care Professionals in Palliative Care Access and Referral: A Focus Group Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Informal Palliative Care at Home: A Focus Group Study Among Professionals Working in Palliative Care in Portugal.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Economic Cost of Nursing Care of Palliative Patients in the Emergency Department.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Preparedness for Caregiving Role and Telehealth Use to Provide Informal Palliative Home Care in Portugal: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis article focuses on exploring the evolution of palliative care in Portugal. Ten years after the approval of its Basic Law, the aim was to investigate the quality of the path followed and the guidelines that could promote its development. Thus, this study sought to identify (a) the goals of the current members of parliament concerning palliative care, (b) the major priorities that should guide the development of palliative care in the coming decade, (c) the facilitating or hindering factors to accelerating the process, and (d) to propose consensually agreed measures for the integral development of palliative care within the health system.
methodsThe qualitative data analysis was performed through the reading of the literature and interviews conducted via Zoom with several intentionally chosen participants. The data extracted from the previous studies were analyzed in a focus group. The NVivo
resultsThree key themes emerged concerning the current status of palliative care: the policymakers, the health professionals, and the society. This first line of structuring is explained by a second set of categories, namely, (a) the knowledge about palliative care; and (b) palliative care organization from the policymakers' perspective. In the health professionals' domain: (a) knowledge about palliative care, (b) clinical training, and (c) medical specialty. Finally, in society: (a) knowledge about palliative care. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
resultsAdvancing general education, increasing the qualitative training for different health professionals, reformulating the laws supporting them, promoting the flexibility of the implementation methodologies, and establishing a medical specialty are crucial to achieving the proposed goal. This study was not registered.
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